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Information about Astatine-209:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:208.986159±0.000009amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-12.893106±0.007920MeV
    Binding Energy:1633.299534±0.007925MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-3.929000±0.028284MeV
"The 1995 update to the atomic mass evaluation" by G.Audi and A.H.Wapstra, Nuclear Physics A595 vol. 4 p.409-480, December 25, 1995.
Radioactive Decay Data:

  • Spin: 9/2-
  • Half life: 5.41 h ( 19476 sec., λ = 3.55898×10-05 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    209
    84
    Po
      (Q = 3.486 MeV)   Branch ratio: 95.90 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    205
    83
    Bi
      (Q = 5.757 MeV)   Branch ratio: 4.10 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    209
    86
    Rn
    α from
    213
    87
    Fr
R.R.Kinsey, et al.,The NUDAT/PCNUDAT Program for Nuclear Data,paper submitted to the 9 th International Symposium of Capture-Gamma_raySpectroscopy and Related Topics, Budapest, Hungary, Octover 1996.Data extracted from NUDAT database (Jan. 14/1999)
Magnetic Dipole Moments and Electric Quadrupole Moments
Ex(kev)T1/2Spin    m(nm)    Q(b)    Ref. Std.MethodReference
142826 ns21/2- +10.0(2) TDPADPR C14 1023 (76)
9.5(2) TDPADDisA 37 408C (77)
0.78(8) [211At 2641]TDPADPL 122B 27 (83)
2429890 ns29/2+ 15.38(14) TDPADHFI 34 47 (87)
1.50(15) [211At 2641]LEMSPR C43 2566 (91)
1.50(15) [211At 2641]TDPADPL 122B 27 (83)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.